Disarmament confirmed that the rifle guaranteed black liberty in Saint-Domingue

Evidence

According to Descourtilz, Dessalines took advantage of his control of the disarmament process to undermine it, secretly returning to their owners the very weapons he confiscated publicly, and stocking up on ammunition in preparation for the time he rebelled again. The process of taking weapons away, however, confirmed the suspicions many had about the intentions of the French: both Sonthonax and Louverture had warned that the rifle was the guarantor of liberty in Saint-Domingue. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 998

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s prior library on silence/control and the broader arc chapters on Louverture’s surrender and the re-imposition of slavery.